Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] [to-vb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only necessary to behold thus the least phenomenon , however familiar , from a point a hair 's breadth aside from our habitual path a routine , to be overcome , enchanted by its beauty and significance . |
| 2 | It is extremely difficult to gauge accurately the dimensions of the shroud from these brasses , but a mean average would be twelve inches longer than the length of the body — to allow for a six-inch knot at top and bottom — and three times its width . |
| 3 | In a series of estimates which have ranged from 25 or even 30 per cent to 8½ per cent ( was that really said ? ) there is obviously material to suit almost every taste . |
| 4 | It is not possible to demonstrate adequately a specific hypothesis but one fact is certain : Wilfrid so earned the enmity of Ecgfrith that despite an appeal to Rome which endorsed the justice of his case , he remained in exile and was still an outcast from his church when Ecgfrith fell in battle against the Picts on 20 May 685 . |
| 5 | Although it is not possible to rehearse here the many deficiencies of the antiracist brand of class reductionism , some of the difficulties are signalled by my description of instrumentalism and the patronizing ‘ cultural dope ’ stereotype of the white working-class racist . |
| 6 | It is not possible to measure accurately the cost of meeting health care needs , the magnitude of health care needs , or their proxies , and then proxies of proxies , down the line . |
| 7 | Similarly , only one transition action may be specified and it is not possible to have both a task and transition associated with the same state . |
| 8 | Although it is not possible to list here the groups , individuals and parishes who have helped us so far , I wish all to know that not only is their contribution needed but also greatly appreciated . |
| 9 | It is not possible to review comprehensively the research into the micro-foundations here , and the reader is directed to Rotemberg ( 1987 ) for an interesting survey . |
| 10 | The general conclusions that can be drawn from these and other studies are , first , that it is not possible to separate fully the effects of education on earnings from those of other factors , particularly those of such abstract personal qualities as motivation , perseverance , ability to make decisions , etc . |
| 11 | When a sea or large lake is polluted , then , it often is not possible to identify precisely the main sources of the pollution , or to predict the effects of any particular preventive measure . |
| 12 | As Pahl ( 1988 ) points out , it is not possible to accept uncritically the idea that an underclass has emerged in British society . |
| 13 | These ideas are usually framed in terms of ‘ models ’ because it is not possible to solve exactly the complex quantum mechanical equations that determine the way in which neutrons and protons are bound together in a nucleus . |
| 14 | It is not easy to explain away the perverse comparative static finding for k . |
| 15 | Since Marxists have been more concerned to analyse the workings of capitalist societies than to draw up blueprints of collective organization after the state has withered away ( an exercise which in any case Marx regarded as Utopian and unscientific ) , it is not easy to piece together a communist theory of administration , in the sense of a model for society after the stage of socialism , during which the dictatorship of the proletariat systematically removed the material foundation of state repression . |
| 16 | In general it is not sufficient to inspect only the results of tests . |
| 17 | Separation must be complete ; it is not sufficient to consider only the walls and floors directly dividing the occupancies , but the same provision will relate to any openings , doors , hatches , conveyor routes , etc. , ( where suitable cut-off shutters operating on fuseable links might be considered ) . |
| 18 | Most surprising of all , it has demonstrated that the scientific method , as it is presently formulated , is not adequate to explain even the physical universe , let alone human beings and their psyches . |
| 19 | It would be better not to have an environmental audit if your management is not prepared to adopt even the less radical recommendations . |
| 20 | Although it is already fashionable to explain away the scale of the election successes — by such factors as the Falklands , Foot , Benn , and an inept Labour campaign in 1983 , and prosperity and the disproportional electoral system in 1987 — the results marked a further stage in the decline of the Labour party . |
| 21 | You may be able to continue giving care and support to the abandoned partner but it is still necessary to accept both the loss and the change and to look for a positive way forward . |
| 22 | There will always be some resistance to this sort of change and the problem will continue in some firms for at least another decade , so it is still apposite to mention briefly the methods of valuing goodwill . |
| 23 | Despite excavations on the Palatine Hill which have continued since 1863 and which have uncovered a wide area , it is still difficult to ascertain clearly the design of these palaces . |
| 24 | Although through appropriate complex parameters the Z and h-parameter equivalent circuits can reproduce the small-signal sinusoidal response of any four-terminal network at any frequency , it is more usual to represent just the low-frequency behaviour by such an equivalent circuit with real parameters . |
| 25 | It is probably best to use just a couple of sounds at a time — or work alone ! |
| 26 | It is probably best to use just a couple of sounds at a time — or work alone |
| 27 | Apart from the name of each variety , it is clearly important to know exactly the type and habit of each climber you grow . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , Data Logic is also prepared to put together a guide for integrating Tuxedo with CICS/6000-effectively Transarc Corp 's Encina if it can find backers . |
| 29 | It is also likely to bring even the larger authorities face to face with the problem of staff mobility — where the absence of one or two people attending an external course may be relatively easily absorbed ( except in smaller authorities ) , internal training is uneconomic for one or two people — and ideally , lends itself to a continuous programme . |
| 30 | With this in mind it is also important to define better the roles for endothelin-2 and endothelin-3 . |